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Muhammad Rahim Aziz is the main antagonist of ArmA 2's Operation Arrowhead campaign.
Background[]
Aziz was both the political and military leader of the modern day Takistani nation. A member of the anti-Royal family Socialists party, Aziz led the group to victory over the Royalists and was elevated to prominence as a war hero following the civil war.[4]
For almost two decades, Aziz continued to rule Takistan under an iron fist, crushing all supporters of the old royal family and using profits gained from the country's highly lucrative crude oil industry to modernise the Army. Under Aziz' leadership, many weapons programmes were also initiated in direct contravention of international treaties.[4][5]
At the height of the NATO-led invasion of Takistan (Operation Arrowhead), he was assigned the codename of Jack of Clubs by NATO intelligence and Madman by the U.S. Army's Task Force Knight.
1999[]
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2009-2010[]
Utilising the riches of Takistan's crude oil exports, Aziz continued the Army's massive arms build-up while also enforcing protectionist economic measures against foreign companies (namely Chernarussian-owned businesses).[6] International sanctions were impeding the Army's modernisation attempts, forcing Aziz to resort to regional arms smugglers and the black market to obtain what was needed.[7][8] In particular, Aziz sought to acquire ballistic missiles. He succeeded, and the Army soon began conducting highly controversial missile tests that provoked the ire of nearby Green Sea Region governments.[1][9]
As criticism against his government's missile testing intensified[9], weapons inspectors from the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) were authorised by Aziz and were allowed to enter the country; presumably in an attempt to push back against foreign media reports.[1] Aziz granted the team full access to various facilities around the country, but he deliberately delayed each visit by up to 48 and sometimes even 72 hours in an attempt to hide the Army's build-up.[10]
As a result, UNMOVIC's inspectors could not decisively prove that the Army was conducting a build-up. The inspectors were unable to discover of any breaches of his government's commitments to curtailing weapons development, though this did little to reassure regional governments.[1][10]
Operation Arrowhead (2012)[]
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Death[]
Despite the loss of Rasman, Aziz wasn't just about to give up quietly. He ordered his troops to prepare the remaining SCUD launchers still in his possession for launch against both Karzeghistan and on NATO troops.[1][11]
Time was nonetheless running out as American troops rapidly closed in onto the city, having gotten word of Aziz' last ditch plan.[11] Despite having made preparations to flee from the country[12], he was already too late. The SCUDs were destroyed[13], and American SOF teams had surrounded the entire presidential palace while his escape vehicle was shot to pieces by gunships.[14]
Together with his elite troops, Aziz remained defiant to the end and opened fire on the approaching Americans. He was subsequently shot and killed along with his bodyguards.[1][3][15]
Post-Operation Arrowhead[]
| « | Task Force Knight defeated the forces of the authoritarian regime in Takistan; its main driving force, and suspected war criminal, Colonel Muhammad Aziz, was killed during a fierce firefight. | » |
Aziz' death had effectively spelt the beginning of the end for the Socialist Takistani regime. Almost immediately after his passing, most of the remaining units in Zargabad chose to willingly surrender to the Americans. As for his only trump card, his remaining SCUDs that were hidden in the desert were systematically hunted down and destroyed by NATO forces[16], eliminating the last of Aziz' threat to the coalition.[1][17]
However for those that chose not to give up, Aziz had become a symbol for the remnants to rally around. Barely weeks after the invasion, the foreigners would soon find themselves fighting against an insurgency formed out of the fragmented Army; equally as defiant and determined to overthrow the new government in Takmyr as Aziz had been.[18][19]
Personality and Appearance[]
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Trivia[]
- Aziz' fate is inconsistently stated on both the official Armaverse Timeline and ArmA 2's campaigns. All campaigns beginning with Operation Crimson Lance state that Aziz was killed by U.S. special operations[2][3], yet the Timeline contradicts in-game sources by stating that he was captured.[1]
- Both in gameplay and storyline-wise, no primary objective (even in the alternate endings of Operation Arrowhead where Aziz manages to escape from the country[20]) orders or gives the player(s) a chance to restrain him. As his survival is not mentioned in any other material, it can be safely assumed that Aziz canonically remains dead.
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Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aziz' fate is contradicted by both the official Armaverse Timeline and in-game events. According to the Timeline, Aziz is captured alive while attempting to flee Zargabad but in-game events contradict this as the player(s) can only kill or allow him to flee from Takistan (the latter of which is not canonical). Furthermore, all endings to Operation Arrowhead which involve Aziz' death (Press Conference) explicitly state that he was killed by Task Force Knight. Therefore, this article is written under the assumption that in-game events take precedence since no post-Operation Arrowhead campaigns mention his survival.
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